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Brazil Court Accepts Charges Against 59 in Meat Scandal

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Federal Court in the state of Paraná accepted the five complaints filed by the Federal Public Prosecutor yesterday (April 25th) against 59 investigated in the context of the Operação Carne Fraca (Operation Poor Meat), which was launched in March by the Federal Police (PF).

Now agricultural inspectors, refrigeration business owners and other members of the scheme become defendants and will have ten days to present their defense.

In their dispatches, the federal judge of the 14th Circuit Court of Curitiba, Marcos Josegrei da Silva, affirms that there is sufficient . . .

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